New Book Announcement – PROCESS PLANNING AND COST ESTIMATION By PANNEERSELVAM, R., SIVASANKARAN, P.

            
 

Price: Rs. 350.00
ISBN: 978-81-203-5172-1
Pages: 328
Binding: Paper Back
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DESCRIPTION
This comprehensive text is primarily designed for BE/BTech students of mechanical engineering, manufacturing engineering, and production engineering. This text consists of 11 chapters covering concepts and techniques of process planning and cost estimation. The text is supported by well-labelled diagrams and case studies. The book contains solved problems that facilitates students to understand the concepts quickly. At the end of each chapter, theoretical questions and applicable numerical problems are given to test the understanding of the readers.

Key features

•  Includes classification and coding systems with fitting examples
•  Contains a complete account of work study
•  Provides detailed coverage of process planning
•  Gives formulas of mensuration for material cost estimation
•  Introduces different manufacturing processes in relevant chapters

CONTENTS
Preface
1.    Production System
2.    Work Study
3.    Process Planning
4.    Elements of Costs
5.    Cost Estimation
6.    Mensuration for Material Cost Estimation
7.    Material Weight and Cost Estimation
8.    Estimation of Machining Time
9.    Estimation of Forging Cost
10.  Time and Cost Estimation of Shaping, Planning, Milling and Grinding
11.  Estimation of Welding
Bibliography
Index
ABOUT THE AUTHOR(s)
R. PANNEERSELVAM, PhD, Professor and Head, Department of Management Studies, School of Management, Pondicherry University, Puducherry. He has been Head of the Department, and Dean of School of Management, Pondicherry University. He has more than three decades of teaching and research experience, which includes his teaching of engineering and management students at Anna University, Chennai. He is the recipient of Academic Excellence Award in an International Conference on Advances in Industrial Engineering Practices (2010) and Best Teacher Award of Pondicherry University (2012–2013).

The author of 12 books (all published by PHI Learning), Professor Panneerselvam has to his credit about 100 research articles published in national and international journals of repute and conference proceedings. He has also carried out overseas consultancy to CEMS, Malaysia.

P. SIVASANKARAN, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Alpha College of Engineering and Technology, Pondicherry. Also, he has served at various engineering institutions including Anna University, Chennai. He is teaching BE students of Mechanical Engineering and ME students of various related streams. He has published about 12 research articles in leading national and international journals. His research areas include assembly line balancing, production scheduling, flexible manufacturing system and quality management. He has to his credit a textbook on Quality Management published by PHI Learning.

   
2015 / 328pp. / 17.8 × 23.5 cm / ISBN-978-81-203-5172-1 / Rs.350.00
   
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